Walkaway campaign. What is it . Caller i democratam a former who walked away from the party shortly after the election of donald trump. 2018, id a movement in put out a video that went viral. Basically detailing all of the reasons why i was walking away from the Democrat Party and the liberal media. And, it went viral and encouraged other people to tell their own stories and make their own videos. Campaigne walkaway that had hundreds of thousands of stories about people leaving the left. Host hears about one minute of that six minute video. [video clip] once upon a time, i was a liberal. Honest, less than a year ago i was still a liberal. I became a liberal because i felt i found a tribe whose values aligned with my own. Kind,ct racism of any marginalization of any human being based on gender or Sexual Orientation. A systemgroupthink and that allows misinformed and dogmatic mobs to suppress free speech, create false narratives, and i reject acceptance of superstition to advance ideological agendas. I reject eight. These are the reasons why i became a liberal. And these are the reasons why i am now walking away. For years, i have watched as the left evolved into intolerance, illogical, misguided, unamerican, hypocritical, callous, ignorant, and at times, blatantly fastest stick fascistic behavior. For years, i asked watched as ties ecame nest the became used to their own bigotry. [end video clip] your how do you describe Politics Today . Caller guest i am now a republican and trump supported. I went from crying when he was elected to crying tears of joy when he gets reelected. Host you have met President Trump. What has he said to you about the campaign . Andt i met him last month, he had some incredibly kind and generous things to say to me about the movement itself, i think the most special part is that we were at the dining area and he was going around to tables nearby and telling people, do you know what he is doing, he is getting people to leave the Democratic Party. It was cool. He seemed pretty stoked about what we are doing. Host the viewers can see some of that video that you took meeting the president. Do you keep tabs stats on how Many Democrats have left the Democratic Party because of the Walkaway Campaign . Guest it is hard to gauge that metric, but what i can say is that the Facebook Group has 225,000 people. Like i said, i encourage people to make testimonials. We have tens of thousands of written and video testimonials of people telling our stories. People have their performed preferred social media platforms, and a lot of people are feeling suppressed by social media. You have to look at the metrics on twitter, instagram, and all of the different platforms, and we have half a million unique accounts following us on social media. In terms of my original video, the numbers that you are saying, it has millions of views because it was launched on facebook. The youtubers and version has does not have the most impressive statistics. Host as a Political Action committee and foundation, what does it do . Guest it is our educational nonprofit, and we are talking to minority communities across the country. Was watching your segment and i loved the gentleman who called in and said this is why minorities are waking up and leaving the left. It is true. I am a gay man who is away from the left, so with the walkaway foundation, we are talking to lgbt, and hispanic, jewish communities and various minority groups and doing town halls letting people know that you have a choice. You do not have to be a democrat based on your race, gender, or Sexual Orientation. We have created educational videos with the foundation, and we have a number of different speaking engagements. Veryour super pac, it is newly formed, we launched at this week. With that we are able to be more overtly political. Our goal is not to endorse specific candidates or get into that. What we want to do is to have targeted and specific political discussions and we will be doing our own march, the unsilent majority march on october 3 in washington, d. C. It is a nice alternative to the womens march. Host is this your fulltime job, do you take a salary . Guest i do not, but this is beyond a fulltime job. I am able to support myself by doing speaking engagements around the country. I goal is to build my organization, so my goal is to build my organization. The f5 people doing the job of 20 people each. When we get the point where our be,ing is where we need to i am forgoing a salary. Host one of the headlines that i wanted to ask you about from cnn before the midtime 11 election. Russian bots trying to wound democrats in the midterms. Big itwhen it became so was no longer able to be ignored by the leftist media they started covering it. What they did rather than reach out for me for an interview or comment they started running story saying this is a Russian Propaganda Campaign and these were not real people, russian bots or paid actors. They erased the existence, much as i did the 2016 election they did in the 2016 election, they erased the existence of the people leaving the left. Unfortunateling and is the fact that i, as a gay man , has created this movement from nothing at all, and it has been able to exist and thrive through the support of conservatives, and that is me as a story. Do you think that they want gay people to know that they do not have to be democrats or that they can be successful in the conservative movement. That is a completely devastating story. Rather than tell the truth about what i have done or what my organization is, they have done everything in their power to erase the legitimacy of the campaign, and it not and nothing can be further from the truth. Guest for the next 15 to 20 minutes. The phone lines as usual, democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. This is a scott this is scott from georgia. Yourr i want to applaud guest for his bravery and intellectual honesty. To walk away from the Republican Party because i felt like it was that the democrats were more for public the and more honest, and republicans were greedy and all of that. I found that a lot of the same things he was saying. It was analogous to the book by george orwell, animal farm. Values,und that my true being from the south, i tried to get away from them, but i could not. I found out that my mother and father were right all along and sometimes you try to run from things like that, so anyway i want to thank him for having the courage to do that. It is not a tough thing in this day and age. Guest thank you very much. Is it not devastating the day you find out that your parents were right about everything . Identify a lot with what he is saying. The liberal media has done an effective job at demonizing and creating a caricature of conservatives in this country, of Trump Supporters in particular. Ofought into the narrative the greedy, selfinterested, straight white male republican who does not care about anyone else except for himself, who is out to oppress and holds down any minority classes or people in this country. What i have discovered through a long journey of research is that conservatism is very kind and compassionate, and that conservative principles will work for anybody if people get behind them. Straight,wn, lgbt, whatever. I think republicans need to do a better job in communicating with minority classes and letting them know that they have a seat at the table. Host what should they do . Guest Start Talking to them. We do these minority focused town halls. In november, we did a hispanic town hall in district 14. I went in there with the Walkaway Campaign and held this town hall. We had hundreds of people show up. We had 15 hispanic americans registered democrats change their Voter Registration. We do Voter Registration at every event. 15 changed their Voter Registration at their events because we went in there and had a conversation. It was compelling, honest, and truthful. I was one of a very few people who had gone in and had a conversation with these people. They know something is wrong on the left, they need to be talked to. Host sacramento, california. Good morning. Trump is really doing a big job on you people, even you gay people, he is doing a job on. You know the republicans aint got nothing to do with no gay people. Were youof you white folks and turned you away from the Democratic Party because you found out that all the black board democrats so now you do not want to have anything to do with niggers no more. Do where dowe black americans come off in my movement . It has been a big focus. I am sorry to hear that that is his mindset. The truth is that we want all people regardless of race, gender, or Sexual Orientation to realize that you can step into personal empowerment and your individual identity, you do not have to think it as a monolith based on your race. In terms of trump doing a number on me, i do not know what a number is, but if we look at the numbers we can see that america is thriving in the economy is doing great. All demographics are seeing alltime low unemployment and higher wages including the black community, women, and the lgbtq people. Very recently, of course you will not hear anything about this in the media, it was republicans who proposed addingture to advance lgbt people to the nondiscrimination act, and it was voted down by all democrats because democrats do not want it known that republicans want to see equality for lgbt people. Unfortunately, you are not getting enough good information. We want you over on the republican side, so walk away. Host out of new york, an independent. This is william. Guest you are a young man and have not been around a lot of years, but i am 70 years old, and i lost my faith in the Democratic Party when president bush was in office. He pushed to get the free trade agreements in, and then president clinton got elected and went along with it and voted in the freetrade agreement, and i knew then that Neither Party cared about the working. That was going to kill the workingman, the companies are going to move on and the rich will get richer. That was the biggest thing that hurt us. In, and i loved him because he wanted to do away with the freetrade agreement. People have got to understand that if they bring that back, does not go along with putting tariffs. Paying . 60 a day for mexicans to work. Host what you think about the usmca agreement that was passed by the senate this week. President trump is expected to sign it sometime next week. Caller i do not know a whole lot about that. All i know is what i have seen in the past. And, it just made me sick when they did that. Host thank you. Guest i think he makes a good point, and i have heard this several times from various people across the spectrum, which is that you walked away from the democrats, we can see why, but why the republicans any better. Both parties are toxic or do not care about people. I am not going to sit here and argue for the history of the Republican Party going back decades and generations. What i want to talk about is the party today, and that is Donald Trumps Republican Party. This is what i am excited about, because to me i think that donald trump shattered the system and through a glitch in the matrix on both sides. He came in on the platform of wanting to drain the swamp. I believe he is the future of republicanism. This is the republican of the working class, this is a wealthy man who has Better Things to do with his time and money than be running for office and getting degraded and berated every single day. He is doing this because he cares about the American People because he cares about the working class. I think that this movement and president our representative of a new type of Republican Party that cares about americans. Host what do you think happens about the Republican Party when President Trump leaves office . Leaveswhen Donald Trump Office in 2024, i think the Republican Party is changed forever, and a very good way and positive way. Over the next four years, we will see an increasing number of minorities leaving the democrats and coming over to the right. I think that by the time 2024 rolls around, we see a reformed Republican Party, and i do not think donald trump will exist as this type that ran for office. I think we will find people who succeed him who carry the torch of what he has begun. Host who specifically . Is a good son candidate. We will see what happens in the next four years. There are a lot of people that we do not know about. As of right now, we see people jr. , andi haley or don that is excited that is exciting that people can look at that down the road. Host from pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. I like cspan because i get to make my own decisions, i do not like liberal or conservative media, or corporate owned media. I have to say i am skeptical of the gentleman on their right now, and his praise of the tspublican party that accep gaze, lesbians, gays, lesbians, and trans. They do not. That trump has written goes against workers rights. He has not drained the swamp, he put people in charge of the agencies that used to run the corporations, and be against labor rights or people. The Republican Party if the Republican Party becomes the party of trump, they are done. I do not see him winning the nottion of 2020, but i do see him winning the election of 2016. I do not listen to liberal media, they only tell you what they want. Guest can i ask you a question. Caller yes. Guest you said you do not see trump winning in 2020. Who do you see winning . Caller i do not know yet. I think the Democratic Party will support whoever becomes the nomination. Guest who would you like to see when or be willing to vote win or be willing to vote for . Caller my choice would be elizabeth warren. Guest why . Caller she has an educated person and knows about the system, and the structures that need to be changed. We need corporations to change the Corporate Law to support workers, providing pensions, the ceosre instead of under contract to maximize profits for shareholders. That is a Corporate Law, they cannot get out of it. Their job is no longer to support the workers or grow the company, or encourage investment. Their job is to get the maximum profit for the shareholders. Host thank you. Finish your comment quickly. Whyer i would like to know he changed his mind, what made him go walk away and how did you end up going down to see trump . Guest good question. I will try to make this as brief as possible. In a nutshell it was the revelation that the media that i had trusted had been so dishonest about the representation of donald trump, and his supporters, and about the narrative of what happens in the world. Stories about hate crimes, racism, and homophobia, there is a huge manipulation of minority classes of people. I am a gay man, and believe it or not i do not live every day of my life in fear or every day of my life dealing like i am a target or in danger. If you listen to the liberal media, this is a story that they are putting out. You are in danger. Once i did research and try to understand what was happening was that i saw that there is a demonization of President Trump and his supporters. We can leave that aside. Forget how you feel about trump, but talk about the fact that we are being lied to and manipulated by the liberal media. When i discovered what they are doing to minority classes i was outraged and decided i wanted to do something about it, because i think the worst message you can tell anybody is that you live in a system of oppression and that it is rigged and designed against you so you cannot succeed and you live in a state of constant danger from straight white republicans or people know right. I walked away from the Democratic Party and liberal media. It was not a walk out of the door into the Republican Party. It was a whole year later before i decided that i was going to become a trump supporter and a republican through doing a lot of research about what the truth. Host you are concerned about manipulation. Does it happening conservative media as well . Guest i think that there is always a bias. What i do not see happening from the conservative side is a manipulation of minorities. As i said earlier, i think there is a lack of communication with minorities that takes place on the conservative side which is a problem. Preferable toy endless and countless stories talking about fake hake hate crimes and all of these things designed to think to control our thinking and the way that we vote. Host and the other question was how did you get the chance to meet President Trump . There at maralago i was at a dinner and President Trump was at the dinner. When the dinner ended there was an opportunity to meet him. Host how does one get an invite to maralago . Guest it was a member dinner and i was the invited guest of a member. It was basically a private member dinner that i was invited to by one of the members, and he president was there, and tweeted me several times and communicated with me through twitter, so he knew who i was and knew what walk away was. We had the opportunity to meet at the dinner. Host cornelius out of alexandria, louisiana, republican. Good morning. Huckleberryw you on and stuff, so i have seen you and heard you speak. I was a democrat also, i decided to join the Republican Party because of what the democrats have done to us as africanamericans, and i have to tell you something. When Martin Luther king marched, and his holiday is this monday, they were all republicans, his father, and the son were republicans. The democrats were the one who ran us down ended all of that stuff. I do not know what happened in the 50 or 60 years. That you will come to alexandria, louisiana. We need somebody like you to speak about trump, and trump helped out ben carson when ted cruzs campaign tried to destroy him. Trump is not a racist, he loves everyone. But the democrats, i have gotten debt threats because Death Threats because i have change. Nobody is helping me. The democrats do not care anything about me. I call the fbi and laugh in my face because of i i am a trump supporter and happen to be africanamerican. Thank you so much. Guest thank you, and happy birthday, and congratulations on getting out of the cold, as i did cult as i did. If you are a minority who has left the left and embraced Republican Party, you can expect a great deal of maligning and abuse, and namecalling, and i think, basically people you as stupid or selfloathing. You must be a selfloathing lack man, i am a selfloathing plate gay man. That is not that is the furthest from the truth. I think a lot of minorities are starting to think of themselves and realize that their race, gender, or Sexual Orientation does not need to dictate the politics. Host Martin Luther king jr. Day coming up on monday, this from political facts. Martin luther king was not a republican. Checking in with david, one of Martin Luther kings biographers saying that he avoided partisan identification. Guest i will weigh in on it to say that i do not know. I have heard people vehemently argue both sides. I have heard a lot a people say he was absolutely republican, some people say he was absolutely a liberal. I am actually friends with his desk with family members who say that he was a republican. That being said, the man is no longer alive, i do not know for sure. It is a bit of a mystery. Embraced conservative values of self empowerment. Host this is pam out of north carolina, a democrat. Good morning. Caller good morning. I have a couple of questions for you. The do you think about Trump Administration ending transgender in the military and protections for the lgbtq youth in the schools . About mr. O you feel with surrounding himself so many people that have either been indicted and gone to basically been in trouble with the law . The last gentleman that we saw on tv, lev parnas was quite close to rudy giuliani, who is quite close to the president. I am note putting down the Republican Party, but i do not see it being the Republican Party of my grandparents anymore, and that scares me. Guest thank goodness. There is a lot to unpack. In terms of the first question about the trends military trans military issue and lgbtq protections, i have yet to see what the protections are that are taking that are being taken away from me. The Trump Administration has set out on a quest to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe. He has made it a goal to eradicate hiv in the United States, which anyone should know that it is my community that is disproportionately spreading the in terms of the trans band, president obama signed an executive order saying the military was forced to take anybody in, whatever state of transition they were in. President trump put a stay on the executive order. Lets do some research and lets find out how effective this is. Any good american, their priorities should not be the feelings of any individual, any group. Their priorities should be the effectiveness of our military. We have people coming in there that require ongoing hormone therapy. We do not take people into the military that have diabetes or any number of medical conditions. Im a big advocate of the transgender community. If a person requires ongoing hormone therapy as a part of their ongoing existence, i do not think they are a good candidate for the United States military. That is not transfer but in terms of the trans phobic. As far as the indictment, anybody can be indictment that indicted. There are a number of people in his circle who have been indicted because trump is the most which hunted president that has ever existed. In terms of people who have been theicted of any crimes, convictions have been for processing crimes. They are being investigated and they discovered, this person did not pay their taxes. Nothing to do with any kind of scandal or wrongdoing within the administration. Dont be fooled by the fact that people are being hunted and indicted. It means absolutely nothing. Host one last call. Calvin has been waiting about 20 minutes for you. Caller good morning. Is intellectually dishonest. Given everything that trump has done and said, everything he has said about the Republican Party. This guy,is promoting that is your answer right there. He is intellectually dishonest. I would like you for you to define liberalism. Foolishness. Ing go with will go that that because we have a minute left. Guest i have no connection with russia whatsoever. That is a story that was put out by cnn and the Washington Post and a few other organizations. How do i define liberalism and conservatism . The reason why i consider myself a conservative is because i think our Founding Fathers did an astounding job of creating a document called the constitution which is the document that defines what the United States is and where we are headed and what governs our nation and makes our sovereign nation. I am a constitutionalist. Liberalism today is a political ideology which basically revolves around the notion that america in its current state is wrong and problematic. Culturein an oppressive for people of color and lgbt people. This is the narrative that takes place on the left. We need to do away with various constitutional principles like the first amendment, like the Second Amendment. I could go on and on liberals are trying to tear down free speech and the Second Amendment and various aspects of our sovereignty. Might not be the greatest definition of what a liberal is but that is why i am walking away from the liberal left and why i think other people should. Out out more we are find about who we are and what we do. Walk away campaign. Com. Host if you want to follow. Randon on twitter he is the founder of the walk away c cspan campaign 2020, it cspan. The people who brought you your unfiltered government since 1979 are bringing you an unfiltered view of the people seeking to steer the government this november. In other words, your future. See the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind. , brett tcampaign 2020 was a Public Service by your Cable Television provider. Senators . Attend the senate in conformity with your notice for the purpose of joining with you for the trial of the president of the United States. I am now prepared to take the oath. Will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand . Do you sue solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws, so hope you got . I do. Thank you very much. At this time, i would minister the oath to all senators and the chamber in conformance with article one section three, clause six of the constitution. All senators now stand and remain standing and raise their right hands . Swear that iny all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so hope you got . Time inhe third history, a president is on trial in the u. S. Senate. Watch live tuesday when the trial resumes at 1 00 eastern on cspan two. This week on newsmakers, our guest is ben cardin of maryland, a member of the Foreign Relations committee. Here he talks about the impact of the impeachment trial on senators running for president. There will always be external events that will look or the may and convenient to be our senate responsibilities. I understand the president ial election is a major event. Impeachment is a major responsibility. The trial is a major responsibility of the president of the United States for the senate. That must take priority. I will think we have to put that aside. There are certain advantages that certain colleagues of mine have. This is their responsibility. They have to pay attention. They will. Recognize that it may have an impact on the president ial nomination process. It will have an impact on the president ial nomination process. That is the requirements of the job that we signed up to do. Onmore from senator cardin newsmakers at 10 00 and six clark. You can also hear it on cspan radio and watch online at cspan. Org. 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